Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize
An extraordinary, "playful, moving, and wholly remarkable" (The
Guardian) coming-of-age novel filled with myth and magic from one of
England's greatest living writers.
An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock is trying to make sense of
the world. Living alone in an old house, he spends his time reading
comic books, collecting birds' eggs, and playing with marbles. When one
day a rag-and-bone man called Treacle Walker appears on a horse and
cart, offering a cure-all medicine, a mysterious friendship develops and
the young boy is introduced to a world beyond his wildest imagination.
Luminous, evocative, and sparely told, Treacle Walker is a stunning
fusion of myth, folklore, and the stories we tell ourselves.